⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their fourteen- A 15-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 17 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 17
Q4 6:07 · SA 98-81 ORL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Manu Ginobili missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 9:38 · SA 2-6 ORL
- Missed FT
Robert Horry missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 4:35 · SA 87-81 ORL
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Juwan Howard Technical Foul
Q1 3:15 · SA 15-16 ORL
📊The numbers
| SA | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 5 | Threes made | 3 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 29 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
